Method of securing tie loops



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Patented Sept. 28, 1926 umrno srTE Jenn niivnrn BBACKEN, or KANSAS CITY,MISSOURI.

METHOD OF SECURING TIE LOOPS.

. Application filed July 19,

This invention relates to a process of applying necktie loopsin positionon the rear face of the large end ofa necktie in such a manner that thethreads are not exposed on 5 the face of the necktie.

It has heretofore been the custom, as far as I am aware, to hand tackthe loop by its four corners to the rear face of the tie aftercompletion thereof. This method, involving as it does, the individualhandling of the ties, is a material factor in thecost of manufacture andusually necessitates, particularly in high grade ties, a second or finalpressing or smoothing operation. 7 I have discovered itis possibletomachine sew a tape or strip to the large end of the tie to produce aloop, as one of the preliminary steps in the manufacture of the tie andthen to manipulate the tie so that the stitched 'ends of the tape orstrip aredoubled-back under the body portion, the pressing of the tieflattening the loop so that its ends are completely hidden from view.

With the object named in view, the invention consists in certain noveland useful steps in the application of the loop, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood,reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing,

in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the large end 'of a necktie blankwith the loop stitched in position with the. face of the loop bearingadvertising matter or the like, turned down against the fabric- Figure 2is a section on the line IIII of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a reduced plan view of the large end ofthe tie after it hashad its side edges stitched together to form a tube.

Figure 4 is a section on the line IV--IV of Figure 3." I

Figure 5 is a longitudinal section taken through the tie as shown inFigures 3 and 4, to illustrate the turning of the tie.

Figure 6' is a perspective view of the completed tie with the loopappearing in proper position on the under face of the large end. Figure7 is a section on the line VII-VII of Flgure 6.

In the said drawing, Where like reference characters identifycorresponding parts in all of the figures, 1 indicates a piece of 1926.Serial No."123,271.

necktie fabric or material in the form of a blank. At the desired pointon the large end of the tie a suitable necktie loop or advertising band2 of common and well known character is stitched as at 2 with the faceto be finally exposed turned down .as thus formed is now turned insideout in any desirable manner, care being taken that when the tie isturned, the material shall pass between the body of the tie and theadvertising face of the loop to be finally exposed, as if the materialis pulledbetween the stitched edges and the back side of the loop, itwill be found that the loop is bridgingv the face of the tie to beexposed and moreover that the advertising face of the loop will beagainst the fabric.

When the tie has been reversed as described, it will be found that theloop is bridging the stitched edges of the large end of the tie, andthat the advertising face of said loopis turned out or exposed. It willbe apparent from a consideration of Figure 6 that slightly morelooseness is provided as at 3, than the width of the finished face ofthe tie, in order that the stitched edges of the loop shall lie withinthe edges of .the tie on its rear face, as shown in Figure 6.

From the above description, it will be apparent that I have evolved aprocess of applying loops to ties which is more eco nomical than the oldmethod, and through which, the ties can be placed in attractivecondition before the consumer in the most expeditious manner.

I claim:-

1. The process of stitching necktie loops to neckties, comprising thestitching of the opposite ends of a loop to the necktie blank,- theformation of a tube by securing together the side edges of the blank,and the reversing of the tube by turning same inside out by passing thefabric between the'face of the loop to be finally exposed and theadjacent fabric.

2. The process of stitching necktie loops to neckties, comprising thestitching of the opposite ends of a loop to the necktie blank with theformation of a predetermined amount of slack or looseness in the fabricbetween the stitched points, the formation of a tube by securingtogether the side edges 10 of the blank, and the reversing of the tubeloop to be exposed and the adjacent fabric.

In Witness whereof I hereunto affix my 15 signature.

JOHN HINKLE BRACKEN.

